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For Private Lessons & Online Real-Time Video Lessons, click here! Just a few of my dulcimer workshops! (always looking for suggestions)
I Got Those Mountain Dulcimer Blues - Woke up this mornin', all my dulcimer played was the blues woke up this morning', all my dulcimer played was the blues I'll give you chords, scales, riffs and rhythms for playing the blues, you will want to use! Intermediate to Advanced.
Beginning Mountain Dulcimer With Bing - Get to know the mountain dulcimer and what you can do with it. Covers the basics of picks, strums, strings, tuning, scales, tablature and more! Beginners. Primal Mountain Dulcimer - This workshop is about getting spirit, mind and body ready to work together for a simple approach to playing mountain dulcimer. Relaxation and breathing techniques are taught along with basic rhythm and scale exercises that help you define your own unique sound. Beginners to Advanced. Seven Different Dulcimers In One! - Explore seven modal tunings that will turn your dulcimer into seven different instruments! Tuning down into Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian and Locrian modes and also using a capo to effortlessly play in seven different keys! Intermediate to Advanced. Mountain Dulcimer Improvisation - Learn how to jam by the seat of your pants with confidence! How to play tunes that you don't know. Rhythm and melody creation, point/counter-point, chops and counter-melodies are all covered in this workshop. Capo required. Intermediate to Advanced. Adventures In Ionian! - Get familiar with the DAA tuning or explore new territories within this versatile mode. Deeper drones and fuller chords lead the way into a more traditional tuning as we learn chord shapes, harmony building and gorgeous tri-tone melodies. Yes, DAA and DAD can play together happily! Beginners to Advanced.
Songwriting Crash Course II (Intermediate) - For songwriters now looking to make the next step. Goes over the basics of tablature and standard music notation. Re-writing and fleshing out first drafts, incorporating harmony and counter-point, performance approaches and recording tips. Project Studio/Home Recording- Anyone with a laptop and decent software can record their music at home or on the road. Workshop will cover set-up, audio interfaces, microphone placement, engineering tips, using plug-ins and effects, mixing and equalization. (Pre-registration required - must own laptop and functional recording software with microphone, headphones and audio interface.) Beginners To Advanced. Private Lessons & Online Real-Time Video Lessons Can't make it out to a festival for workshops? I also do private lessons (your house or mine) in the state of Florida as well as online real-time video lessons. Click to read more!
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Mountain
Dulcimer Boot Camp - ALRIGHT, LISTEN UP, RECRUITS! Just kidding.
But this will be a hardcore session of exercises involving rhythms,
major and minor scales, hammer-ons, pull-offs, bends, accents, harmonics
and finally, YIKES!, improvisation. Intermediate to Advanced
Songwriting
Crash Course I (Beginners) - Covers song basics such as chord
progressions, melody, arranging and lyric-writing. By the end of this
class, you will have written your own original song!